In the first-ever widespread criticism of US technology giants and social media platforms, the British Home Affairs select committee has slammed the internet behemoths of becoming a "recruiting platform for terrorism" and "passing the buck". Led by Keith Vaz, the British parliament's longest-serving Indian-origin MP, the panel rapped Facebook, Twitter, Google and YouTube, saying the companies were deliberately failing to stop terrorists from using their platforms to promote their sinister agenda, The Telegraph reported on Thursday. Choudary, 49, was convicted of terror offences last week and faces up to 10 years in prison. The British panel also warned that social media platforms are becoming the "vehicle of choice" for spreading terrorist propaganda. Twitter had announced the blocking of more than 125,000 accounts earlier this year which were primarily related to the IS terror group.

Source: India Today August 25, 2016 04:41 UTC